NOVEMBER 24, 2000
by Dave Westerman

The Volunteer State had plenty to be proud of Friday night as drivers from Tennessee picked up wins in the Classic Auto Racing Series and Dwarf Car features as Orlando Speedworld closed out the 2000 racing season.

Veteran Larry Gibson set a new track record in the time trials then led every lap of the 25-lap feature to dominate a large field of car in the Classic Auto Racing Series Championship event. Gibson dodged a total of six caution flags as the Maryville, Tennessee driver was never seriously challenged. Orlando drivers Ed Yates and Rodney Eary came home second and third ahead of Jim Rahman and Jesse Teaster.

Josh Adams of White House, Tennessee totally dominated the Dwarf Car feature. The 14 year old sped past early leader Doug Corrigan of Murfreesboro, Tennessee and nearly lapped the field en route to victory. Corrigan was second ahead of Florida Champion Michel Fortin, Gerald Smith and Mark Landis.

The popular School Bus Figure 8 race was won by veteran figure eight driver Rusty Cruze who led early, dropped back to third, then came back to get the win. Following Cruzes' International Harvester to the checker were Mark Button, Billy Belflower, Butch Pierce and "Junkyard Dog" Chuck Rush.

Roger Wren survived the wrath of "Fordzilla" to claim the Boat/Trailer race over Russ Rinaldi, while it was Ray Hindman surviving to get the win in the Camper/Trailer race.

Moe Kram of Geneva, FL won an entertaining Demo Derby outdueling the likes of New York's Bob "Whiplash" Genovese and the Raliegh, N. C. duo of Ken "Killa" McNamee and Scott "Mack" McNamee. "Killa" McNamee did place 2nd in the Derby.

FIGURE 8 BUS RACE
FINISHING POSITION BUS NUMBER DRIVER
1 81 RUSTY CRUZE
2 69 MARK BUTTON
3 6 BILLY BELFLOWER
4 23 BUTCH PIERCE
5 K9 JUNKYARD DOG
33 "MAC" MCNAMEE
18 BOB GENOVES
420 RAYMOND "RAYBO" ROLLAND
152 BEN CRAFT
11 KEN MCNAMEE
35 JAMES MCCONNELL
7 JOHN CLAGGETT
8 WES RAILING

BOAT/TRAILER RACE
FINISHING POSITION BOAT NUMBER DRIVER
1 20 ROGER WREN
2 04X RUSS RINALDI
3 04 DOUG SAMION
4 6 BILL HARDMAN
5 777

CAMPER/TRAILER RACE
FINISHING POSITION TRAILER NUMBER DRIVER
1 09 RAY HINDMAN
2 29X WES RAILING
3 8 JAMES ADAMS
4 57 BUTCH PIERCE
5 04 DOUG SAMION

DEMO DERBY
FINISHING POSITION CAR NUMBER DRIVER
1 MOE GEORGE "MOE" KRAM
2 313 KEN MCNAMEE

DWARF CARS
FINISHING POSITION CAR NUMBER DRIVER
1 12 JOSH ADAMS
2 8T DOUG CORRIGAN
3 11 MICHAEL FORTIN
4 12T GERALD SMITH
5 22 MARK LANDIS
6 06 BOB QUICK
7 07 KRIS PAULEY
8 8 STAN HOPE
9 18 DENNIS DIEHL
10 2 PHIL KRAUTHOFF
11 7 TODD HART
12 49 RICK MCFARLAND

CLASSIC CARS
FINISHING POSITION CAR NUMBER DRIVER
1 83 LARRY GIBSON
2 74 ED YATES
3 6 RODNEY EARY
4 5 JIM RAHMAN
5 22 JESSE TEASTER
6 4 EDDIE THORNTON
7 2 DAN HAMMERBECK
8 7 BUD SPENCER
9 112 ROBERT KING
10 24 MIKE ALBERT
11 71 BART BAXTER
12 13 STEVE HARRISON
13 54 DAVE NUNES
14 183 ERIC BIVENS
15 32 GEO HALL, JR.
16 46 DAVE CRIBBEN
17 9 GEO HALL III
18 90 E. B. CARR
19 33 ART NIERGARTH, JR.
20 28 FRED MCARTHER
21 17 ROBBIE SANDS
22 11 FRANK CONRAD
23 77 DANNY SHEARER
24 78 JOEL ASHTON
25 27 MO DAVENPORT
26 0 DARYL GRIEF
27 21 SIMESON SPAGNUOW


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